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Phillips has started (?) to send direct messages to people who criticize him on Twitter. It's a very foolish thing to do, because one can take a screenshot of the message and tweet out the photo of the message. Phillips' messages are childish and obnoxious. It's not a flattering look for someone who thinks of himself as the representative of a major league ball club.

I remember when Phillips was flying high on Twitter, interacting with fans, going to that kid's little league game when he got invited, etc. He seems to be someone who handles adversity and criticism very, very poorly.

I was shocked when, of all people, Doug Benson turned out to be like that as well. Misunderstanding things then taking to DM on Twitter to sling insults. If you can't handle the public eye, don't use Twitter (or Facebook or speak with the media at all, etc). Put on your big boy pants or go home. Interacting with the public in a relatively sane fashion IS part of your job, like it or not.

I remember when Phillips was flying high on Twitter, interacting with fans, going to that kid's little league game when he got invited, etc. He seems to be someone who handles adversity and criticism very, very poorly.

He's great with the fans and horrible with the press. This has been his MO for some time, going back to his Cleveland days. He's had these kinds of disputes with the local writers before. They eventually blow over.

To his credit, John Fay is not calling out Phillips for giving him the silent treatment. Just correcting one of Phillips' misstatements. They've always been fair to him. Phillips is coming off as paranoid here.

Remember last season when some suggested that maybe BP would be an upgrade to the Reds' #2 hitters, and Rosecrans suggested that it wouldn't be an upgrade because his OBP was the same, and it earned him the "fat MF" tirade?

His antics turned me off long ago, and he only seems to be getting worse.

There are people who motivate themselves by setting up these ridiculous me-against-the-world scenarios where all slights are magnified to look like 17th century duel challenges. They convince themselves that everyone is against them, and #### those people, I'll show them.

It's not the healthiest way of living, and it's certainly unattractive to watch, but we all need something to motivate us, I suppose. As Fay guesses, maybe Phillips is just that type.

Phillips has started (?) to send direct messages to people who criticize him on Twitter.

It's the Josh Lemon-Lyman episode of West Wing, updated for Twitter.

They say, never pick a fight with someone who buys ink by the barrel and paper by the ton. There have been efforts to update it for the internet -- never pick a fight with someone who buys bandwidth by the gigabyte -- but it lacks the same punch.